tort
noun
[ tɔːt ]
• a wrongful act or an infringement of a right (other than under contract) leading to legal liability.
• "public nuisance is a crime as well as a tort"
Origin:
Middle English (in the general sense ‘wrong, injury’): from Old French, from medieval Latin tortum ‘wrong, injustice’, neuter past participle of Latin torquere ‘to twist’.
